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Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under LLMs LLMs In tensionSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Research by the author and colleagues found that AI models generate more commercially viable ideas than groups of humans, but those ideas are very similar. Research by the author and colleaguesfound that AI models generate morecommercially viable ideas than groups ofhumans, but those ideas are very similar. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are In tension: The drugs advertised as having AI-discovered targets are aimed at targets people already knew about. — tap to centre the map on it The drugs advertised as havingAI-discovered targets are aimed attargets people already knew about. Last stated 2 years ago 13 May 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Today's AI systems are highly capable at engineering but lack the intuitive creativity needed to be good researchers, tending toward rote, formulaic thinking. — tap to centre the map on it Today's AI systems are highlycapable at engineering but lack theintuitive creativity needed to begood researchers, tending towardrote, formulaic thinking. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will be more creative than humans — tap to centre the map on it AI will be more creative than humans Last stated 4 years ago 5 Dec 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-12-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Short of a breakthrough, throwing more compute at current AI models will not get them to invent new scientific theories. — tap to centre the map on it Short of a breakthrough, throwingmore compute at current AI modelswill not get them to invent newscientific theories. Last stated 8 months ago 19 Feb 2026 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hypotheses AI 'co-scientist' systems are producing are ones the literature already contains, and the publicity around them does not say so. — tap to centre the map on it The hypotheses AI 'co-scientist'systems are producing are ones theliterature already contains, and thepublicity around them does not sayso. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing tends to repeatthe same themes, names, andunderlying ideas across differentoutputs. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI has driven the cost of generating scientific ideas to almost zero, and just as with cheap communication before it, that by itself creates no abundance. — tap to centre the map on it AI has driven the cost of generatingscientific ideas to almost zero, andjust as with cheap communicationbefore it, that by itself creates noabundance. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The AI research cycle from idea to experiment will likely soon be 10x faster, but that may not make researchers 10x more productive in the field's net understanding. — tap to centre the map on it The AI research cycle from idea toexperiment will likely soon be 10xfaster, but that may not makeresearchers 10x more productive inthe field's net understanding. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Existing AI models are already more than good enough, doing more for writing code than the author can make use of. — tap to centre the map on it Existing AI models are already morethan good enough, doing more forwriting code than the author canmake use of. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 2 days ago 21 Oct 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Research by the author and colleagues found that AI models generate more commercially viable ideas than groups of humans, but those ideas are very similar. Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Ethan Mollick Read this korrent →